IT ALL STARTS HERE

“If you have a company that’s been engaged in severe and pervasive misconduct, the risk is that they won’t fix it. And you won’t know they didn’t fix it, and that they could do it again."

“(Supertall skyscrapers) are not necessarily the most efficient projects and they are not necessarily making profits, but they are indicators. By having this project revived and completed, the (Chinese) government at least hopes it can increase people’s confidence.”

“We worked so hard for this space, and the fact that other people who are not in sports or are not athletes think so little of it that we have to step back and step aside again is just devastating.”

"When the government proposes to revoke tax exempt [status], it doesn't become effective, assuming the organization challenges the revocation … unless the government wins in court. And I find that unfathomable."